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The “always more” trap in wolf management
The wolf’s permanent return to Switzerland has profoundly altered the balance between biodiversity conservation, livestock farming, and land management. In just a few years, political, media, and public pressure surrounding the predator has intensified, leaving authorities facing ever-greater expectations for immediate results... but also unchanging results. That is, solutions that require no reassessment, that work, and that would potentially prevent any predator attacks.
Yet, behind the debates over hunting quotas, population numbers, or culling permits, a fundamental question is often avoided: what is the actual goal being pursued?